Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3

[lano1106]

Porn make things worst but I believe masturbation by itself IS an issue. Or rather ejaculating. In the past I clearly remember I stopped porn for many, many months. But I was still masturbating. I never ever experienced the same effects that I have now, free of porn AND masturbation.
Conclusion? It's not only about porn, but also spilling the beans. I don't want to go into rule 4 things but the amount of mental clarify I have now is totally insane. And just breathing emits so much heat. For someone working a lot with the mind it's a huge difference. I tested it. Ejaculating resets back the mental clarify to level 0, usually just after the second day. And ejaculating two days in a row is the worst thing to do really. We go from 0 to - 50.
And scientifically speaking, I highly suspect that the reason I enjoy life more now is because my dopamine level is back to normal. Masturbation does mess up dopamine level. Not only porn.

But anyway, all these studies and researches don't mean anything when it comes to personal experience. The day I'd rethink the credibility of nofap would be when I will stop getting benefits from it, or when the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits.

I can testify to the benefit of having mental clarity. My mind and intuition is super sharp. I can also tap into people's emotions and know what they are really feeling. I can sense people's energy, like I'm very sensitive to it. This is something I got 2 months in. It's hard to explain in words, but just one of those things you need to experience to understand.

There is a reason why we have urges, it's because of our biological nature to reproduce. But this does not mean we have to use it for that reason. You can decide to keep all that energy in and let it turn you into a beast. I'm not saying masturbation is bad, but it just makes you more powerful when you don't do it.

Personally I believe it does increase testosterone, even if so-called science experiments say it doesn't. What I feel when I do is more dominance and assertiveness. More energy and motivation. The list goes on. These are traits of people with higher testosterone. I go by what I feel, and I'll take it as my truth. Before no fap, I had much less of any of these things.

I feel that this is going to be moderated down soon as it is kinda off-topic (but maybe not since DMSI specifically address this issue)

I think that your belief about fap/nofap will greatly affect how you feel after ejaculating or abstaining.

Sometime in my life, I did buy into the Taoist philosophy energy preservation thing by abstaining ejaculating. What I remember from that life period is that:

1. I was feeling exhausted after ejaculating and possibly losing mental clarity because of being tired
2. My semen volume did shrink to a ridiculous few drops because I had long period of abstinence (For me, splashing my partner with my load is something that I like very much...)

Now, I make sure that I do ejaculate regularly (preferably from real sex but at least once a week by fapping if needed) and I feel much better and my semen volume did return to a more healthy quantity...

The funny thing is I wonder how much our beliefs do influence how we feel after ejaculating....